Resentment Against Achievement: Understanding the Assault Upon AbilityPrometheus Books, 1988 - 198 páginas Robert Sheaffer minces no words, translating the proverb "Blessed are the poor" into "Stop blessing those who have made a mess of their lives." In his explosive, controversial book, Sheaffer predicts that a society which truly believes that failure is blessed will not long prevail on this earth. Excoriating "negative entropy" as a virtue, Sheaffer describes two fundamentally differing systems of morality which, he writes, have created a pervasive, complex conflict throughout the history of mankind. The first he describes as the pride of achievement; the second as the resentment felt against those who achieve by those who do not. These two foundations of morality are totally incompatible and antithetical, yet appear in varying degrees in all societies. When the morality of achievement predominates, Sheaffer writes, civilizations flourish in commerce, the arts, and science; societies leave a heritage of progress and achievement to future generations. When the morality of resentment gains the upper hand, civilizations decline and eventually perish. Sheaffer describes a civilization as the sum total of all the achievements of its people and, as achievement becomes increasingly discouraged, scorned, and even persecuted, the forward momentum of a society is halted and ultimately reversed. Only in decadent, declining societies, Sheaffer claims, is the whining of the inept mistaken for a lofty moral statement. Sheaffer recommends that achievers set a goal: helping those filled with resentment learn to achieve. The key element, he writes, is to prevent resentment from becoming a profitable strategy. Achievers must stop seeking to purchase the favorable opinion of those who vilify achievement and force the resentful to fall back on their own capacity to achieve - however meager that may be. The numbers of the resentful will continue to increase as long as the government subsidizes resentment by supporting any and all who refuse to accept the discipline of work. His final words to those who ascribe to the highest standards of civilization are "Fight Back." The future depends on whether resentment or achievement prevails as the dominant moral vision. |
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... American excess in the world today is the result of the resentment felt by poorer nations against American success and wealth ; they frequently test the limits of American patience with unprovoked attacks against its citizens and their ...
... American excess in the world today is the result of the resentment felt by poorer nations against American success and wealth ; they frequently test the limits of American patience with unprovoked attacks against its citizens and their ...
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... American culture , or Native American culture , is every bit as worthwhile and profitable as studying Italian - American culture , German- American culture , or that of any other ethnic group . Resentment studies can be distinguished ...
... American culture , or Native American culture , is every bit as worthwhile and profitable as studying Italian - American culture , German- American culture , or that of any other ethnic group . Resentment studies can be distinguished ...
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... American Revolution and all the others ? The American Revolution was the only large - scale political revolution that was not fueled primarily by proletarian resentment . George Washington , Thomas Jefferson , John Adams , James Monroe ...
... American Revolution and all the others ? The American Revolution was the only large - scale political revolution that was not fueled primarily by proletarian resentment . George Washington , Thomas Jefferson , John Adams , James Monroe ...
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Resentment Against Achievement | 7 |
Social Classes | 33 |
Resentment and Education | 59 |
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Resentment Against Achievement: Understanding the Assault Upon Ability Robert Sheaffer Vista de fragmentos - 1988 |
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ability accomplish achievement-oriented affluence American areas aristocratic artist assault become behavior believe bourgeois Cambodia capitalist centuries chapter Christian civilization consequence course culture degree discipline domestic resentment earn economic growth enemy envy épater la bourgeoisie exploitation failures fascism fascist feel George Bernard Shaw goal guilt Gulag Archipelago happiness hatred Hence Hitler hostages human ideal income redistribution learning least living lower classes major Marxists ment morality of achievement never Nicholas Daniloff Nietzsche noble nuclear one's perceived person Pol Pot political poor popular possible poverty prevail productive profoundly resentful proletarian prosperity pseudosciences religious resentment against achievement resentment against science resentment-morality resentment's Revolution Richard Wagner ROBERT SHEAFFER rock rock music rule savage seek slum social class socialist society Soviet standards strive succeed success teaches terrorists things tolerance truthful typically upper classes violence Voltaire Wagner wealth Winifred Wagner
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Managerial Ethics: Moral Management of People and Processes Marshall Schminke Sin vista previa disponible - 1998 |